Awesome Volunteer Opportunities
Our Kids Greening Taupō coordinators sometimes get asked to volunteer for community conservation work. We love getting out in awesome places and getting to do some on the ground mahi. It also really helps when we are teaching students about conservation if we have had hands on experience at different types of work ourselves.
This term we were lucky to be able to work in three very special places with amazing native forest. We helped Predator Free Taupō with pest and predator monitoring on Mt Tauhara, putting out tracking tunnels, chew cards and night vision cameras.
We joined a group of wāhine from DOC and Project Tongariro to do weed control work on Mt Pihanga. Being dropped off by helicopter and getting to experience the incredible views was extra special, and more than made up for the hard work on steep terrain!
We also enjoyed joining the Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society to carry out work on their bait lines through the Pureora forest. We learned so much and experienced beautiful locations doing this work. We recommend volunteering for local community groups, as you might get to have awesome experiences like this too.
We live in a pretty amazing place, and love that we get to do work to make it even better!
Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society volunteers ready to carry out work on their bait lines through the Pureora forest. Our coordinator, Rachel (in pink) helped out, along with other volunteers from Project Tongariro.
